Alright, it is that time of the year again. Made some Karelian Pies and Christmas pastries with Mia & Andrei.
Mia’s senior year photos
These are Mia’s senior year high school photos. Looking great! The photos were taken by Madeline Manalo. Madeline did a great job with Mia resulting to stunning pictures. I put some of them together into a short video clip.
Antti, by Mia
Mia made this charcoal drawing of my grandfather, Antti. This is based on an old black and white photo of my grandfather and came out looking exactly like him. Awesome job, Mia!
Hand, charcoal drawing by Mia
This is a drawing Mia made of a hand. The first picture shows the “model” and the drawing in progress. The second one shows the final work of art. Great job, Mia!
Inside out
A new painting from Mia, Inside out.
Mia’s art at the Cornish Playhouse Exhibit hosted by Cornish College of the Arts
Mia’s art work was at the exhibit in the Cornish Playhouse hosted by Cornish College of the Arts. She had two pieces up. One was the Pair of Kings, color pencil drawing which won the Silver Key award. The other was the Global Thinker, charcoal drawing which got the honorable mention award. Here are couple of photos from the exhibit. The exhibit is up until January 25th.
Great job, Mia! Congratulations!
2014 Holiday greeting (video)
Here’s a video with some images of what was going on for us in 2014.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2015!
Christmas cooking
Made some Finnish Christmas cookies and pastries with Mia. Joulutortut & piparkakut, Christmas tarts & gingerbread cookies. Gingerbread cookie dough was a bit too soft so they did not hold their shape quite right but the taste was right.
We made one batch of the Christmas tarts with ready made fillo dough because I was going to go the easy way. They tasted somewhat right but texture was way too dry. So then I thought WTF (“Winterly True Family Event”) needs my dough made from scratch. They in the picture looking and tasting so much more right and better.
